A charred pickup truck seen Jan. 27 on the property of Eddie Lyons, 78, whose remains were found in the mobile home's rubble following a fire Jan. 26. State police arrested Wilbert Thibodeaux, 48.

Written by

Staff reports

Prosecutors in St. Mary Parish will seek the death penalty against a Charenton man indicted in the deaths earlier this year of a neighbor and a Chitimacha Tribal Police officer.

The announcement Thursday came as Wilbert Thibodeaux, 48, changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity in the fatal shooting of Eddie Lyons, 78, and Sgt. Rick Riggenbach on Jan. 26 on Flat Town Road, according to defense attorney Craig Colwart.

Thibodeaux was indicted on March 19 on two counts of first-degree murder and initially pleaded not guilty. He was also charged with wounding two St. Martin Parish ...